Recent Development of Steel Tube Manufacturing Technologies in Ukraine

Based on the investigation by the author and his seven-people delegation on steel tube industry in Ukraine, particularly the technology involving rolling stainless steel seamless tubes with centrifigually cast hollow blanks, an overview of Ukrainian steel tube industry over the recent years is present in the article. In addition, the author also introduces such aspects as the equipment configuration of key steel tube makers, the development made by Ukrainian State Metallurgical Institute in centrifigual casting of alloy steel and hi-alloy steel hollow blanks for tube-making and the manufacturing processes relating to several special kinds of shaped steel tubes and tubular fittings.